" In light of Ignatius' 'Two Standards' and 'The Mystries Done From The Garden To The House Of Annas', at any moment we can be Judas or Peter, a Christian life can be a fine line."

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Here Comes General Congregation 36

Madonna Della Strada

Communication of General Congregation 362014/08TO THE WHOLE SOCIETYDear Brothers,P .C. [Pax Christi]Several
years have passed since my election as Superior General of the Society
and I have recently reached the age of 78. Reflecting on the coming
years, I have reached the personal conviction that I should take the
needed steps towards submitting my resignation to a General
Congregation. After obtaining the initial approval of the Assistants ad providentiam and having informed his Holiness Pope Francis, I formally consulted the Assistants ad providentiam
and the Provincials, as our law requires (NC 362). The result of the
consultation is favorable towards the convening of a General
Congregation.After having
discussed the matter with my Council, through this letter I wish to
inform the whole Society that, towards the end of this year, I will
convoke the 36th General Congregation, to be held during the final
months of the year 2016.Therefore,
the meeting of Provincials originally scheduled for January 2015 in
Yogyakarta and convoked on 12 March of this year (Circular Letter
2014/03) is canceled.Let us ask Our Lady of the Way to place the Society with Her Son on this journey of discernment that we now begin.Fraternally yours in the Lord,Adolfo Nicolás, S.I.Superior General

About Me

I am not a Jesuit, nor am I a cleric. I spent about 5 years under the spiritual direction of a Jesuit, 3 of those years in a weekly directed retreat in everyday life. The profound impact that the Society and the Excercises had upon my life, resulted in me, trying to deal with that impact in some way by sharing my view of Jesus Christ with others. My intention is to pull together Jesuitical and Catholic subjects that interest me. I was born on the feast day of St. Paul Miki, S.J.. I am the father of three small children and an infant, I am married to a great wife.